★NEW limited-time summer book club for middle grade readers★
Facilitated by Lindy Sullivan
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of the summer months at 6:00pm
Upcoming Book Discussions:
June 11: How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (First meeting)
July 9: The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett
August 13: The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman (Final meeting)
Facilitated by Veronica Williamson
Meets the 1st *Tuesday* of the month at 6:30 pm
*New Meeting Day* This group will read and discuss books that have gone viral on Tik Tok and have since become some of the must-read fiction of the year.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
June 3: Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout
July 1: Ashes and the Star Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent
August 5: Reckless by Lauren Roberts
September 2: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Facilitated by Peter Klein
Meets the 1st Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm
This group will read and discuss a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books in an effort to broaden the groups reading habits.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
June 4: Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg
July 2: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
August 6: Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki
Facilitated by Katlin Seagraves
Meets the 1st Saturday of the month at 10:30 am
Explores the tropes, tribulations, and subgenres within Romance, reading and discussing mostly newer releases.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
June 7: Love at First Set by Jennifer Dugan
July 5: Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks
August 2: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles
Facilitated by Kelly Brown & Carissa Kellerby
Meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at 3:00 pm
A bookseller and a librarian pick books off their shelves in an attempt to read through their TBR piles. No rules, just vibes.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
*May 18:* Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
June 8: Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick
July 13: Fractured Fables by Alix E. Harrow
August 10: All Adults Here by Emma Straub
September 14: The Future by Naomi Alderman
*THIRD Sunday in May to work around Mayfest*
Facilitated by Courtney Spohn
Meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm
Starting in January 2025, chronologically reading through the fictional works of Elizabeth Strout one month/one book at a time.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
May 21: The Burgess Boys
June 18: My Name is Lucy Barton
July 16: Anything is Possible
August 20: Olive, Again
Facilitated by Shannon Kline
Meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 5:00 pm
The perfect excuse to leave work a little early but still make it home by dinnertime. This group reads contemporary literary fiction with a focus on women authors. Novels considered literary are typically high-caliber, meaningful character studies that deeply explore thought-provoking themes.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
May 15: Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks
June 19: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
July 17: Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
August 21: Ask Me Again by Clare Sestanovich
Facilitated by Rebecca Howard
Meets the 4th Sunday of each month at 3:00 p.m.
This group reads and discusses books that encourage us to see beyond our own perspectives, confront our biases, and explore the complex, and multi-layered nature of identity.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
**May 18 at Heirloom Rustic Ales**: A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez
June 22: Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu
July 27: Swim Home the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham
August 24: Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
**Meeting offsite the third Sunday in May to avoid Memorial Day Weekend**
Facilitated by Tait Hove and Sally Mercedes
Meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
This group reads and discusses crime fiction across a variety of genres, with a focus on mysteries and thrillers.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
May 27: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
June 24: The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura
July 22: Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette
August 26: In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
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